diff --git a/gnu/packages/image-viewers.scm b/gnu/packages/image-viewers.scm
index 1db169535e..53c895ec21 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/image-viewers.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/image-viewers.scm
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ (define-public ytfzf
 (define-public feh
   (package
     (name "feh")
-    (version "3.8")
+    (version "3.9")
     (home-page "https://feh.finalrewind.org/")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ (define-public feh
                                   name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1a9bsq5j9sl2drzkab0hdhnamalpaszw9mz2prz6scrr5dak8g3z"))))
+                "185wwqd60r2rk6lzcvd6sl58589qfqrfnf7lqd6friyj84n9cjc6"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases (delete 'configure))
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ (define-public feh
        (list ,(string-append "CC=" (cc-for-target))
              (string-append "PREFIX=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
              "exif=1"
-             "inotify=1")))
+             "inotify=1"
+             "magic=1")))
     (native-inputs
      (list perl perl-test-command))
     (inputs (list curl